Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST; Chinese: 香港科技大學) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it is the territory's third institution being granted university status along with establishment.

Today, the university consists of four main academic schools, offering programs in science, engineering, business and management, humanities and social science, along with the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, Fok Ying Tung Graduate School and Institute for Public Policy.[8]

Planning for the "Third University", named The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology later, began in 1986. Construction began at the Kohima Camp site in Tai Po Tsai on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula. The site was earmarked for the construction of a new British Army garrison, but plans for the construction of the garrison were shelved after the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984.

The Entrance Piazza with the sundial sculpture

Originally scheduled to finish in 1994, the death of Sir Edward in 1986 led to increased effort and allowed UST to open its doors early – in 1991. Several leading scientists and researchers took up positions at the new university in its early years, including physicist Leroy Chang who arrived in 1993 as Dean of Science and went on to become Vice-President for Academic Affairs.[9]Thomas E. Stelson was also a founding member of the administration.[10]

The project was criticised for surpassing the budget set forth by the Hong Kong Government and the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. However, under the fund-raising efforts of its President, Woo Chia-wei, the first students enrolled in October 1991. By 1992, accommodation and athletic facilities were expanded to support about 7,000 students.

Several more expansion projects such as the construction of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Enterprise Center have since been completed. The library extension building, Lee Shau Kee Business Building (LSK), Lo Ka Chung Building, South Bus Station, Undergraduate Halls VIII and IX, Cheng Yu Tung Building (CYT) and the Conference Lodge, are the latest additions to the campus.

Council

The supreme governing body of the university is its Council, formed by a total of 27 members. Council members include university administrators, the chairperson of the alumni Convocation, an elected staff member, an elected full-time student representative, as well as 17 "lay members" not being employees or students at the university.[13] Under the HKUST Ordinance, The Chief Executive of HKSAR possesses the power of directly appointing the chairman and vice-chairman of the Council, the Treasurer of the University, and not more than 9 of the lay members.

Senate

The Senate acts as the university's supreme academic body, responsible for making and reviewing the academic policies of the university. It is composed mostly of academic staff members but also includes the Students' Union president, an elected representative of the undergraduates as well as an elected representative of the postgraduates.[14]

Court

Being the supreme advisory body of the university, the Court is responsible for promoting the university's interests and to raise funds.[14]

As the campus has a sloped terrain, buildings and facilities are built on separate terraces carved out of the hillside, with the academic facilities occupying the top-level terraces, and undergraduate halls of residence and sporting facilities at the seafront. The terraces are connected by motor roads as well as a network of footbridges and elevators known as Bridge Link.

The countryside setting of the university contributed to the fact that HKUST was once the only public university in Hong Kong not being directly served by an MTR station, prior to the re-titling of the Education University of Hong Kong. The university is connected to the metro network through public bus routes including 91, 91M and 792M, complemented by a handful of minibus services, with Choi Hung and Hang Hau stations being the major feeder points.[15][16]

Academic complexes

Academic activities are mainly conducted in the Academic Building, which contains 10 lecture theatres (A-H, J-K), a multitude of classrooms, laboratories and administrative offices. The lecture theatres can accommodate classes of up to 450 students and offer audiovisual equipment. In addition, an information center and a souvenir shop can be found at the Piazza.

Prior to 2013, offices and classrooms of all of the four schools were grouped under the same roof in the Academic Building. With the completion of the Lee Shau Kee Business Building (LSK) in 2013, most facilities for the School of Business and Management have relocated from the Academic Building. Opened in 2015, the Cheng Yu Tung Building (CYT) afforded the other schools with a lecture theatre (L), additional classrooms and laboratories.

Located at the southern tip of the campus, the Lo Ka Chung Building houses the HKUST Jockey Club Institute of Advanced Study (IAS). The adjacent Conference Lodge, managed by the hotel-operating arm of Chinachem Group offers on-campus accommodations for conference attendees and official guests of the university.

Student halls and staff housing

A total of nine undergraduate halls are located at the seafront and mid-rise terraces of the university campus. Also, the university provides 404 Senior Staff Quarters flats and 40 University Apartments flats to its eligible senior staff.[17]

Lee Shau Kee Library

HKUST Library Building

The HKUST Lee Shau Kee Library, part of the Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL), occupies a central location of the campus. Connected to the Academic Building, it is accessible directly from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium. It spans five floors with over 12,350 sq m[18] of floor space, providing more than 3,674 seats as well as computing facilities. It offers a wide array of information resources, both local and remote. In addition to over 720,000 print and electronic volumes and a large collection of media resources, it provides access to more than 47,000 periodical titles, a large number of e-books, databases, and other digital information resources.[18] The library also includes a 24-hour-capable Learning Commons which provides a technology-rich environment for active learning and education.

The library owns a collection of old maps of China and the rest of Asia, produced by Chinese and Western cartographers over the last 500 years.[19] A selection of these maps, providing an insight into the history of international geographic knowledge, was published by the library in a limited-edition (1000 copies) volume in 2003.[20]

Ancillary services

The campus boasts 19 catering outlets including fast food restaurants, a Chinese restaurant as well as a bar; other ancillary facilities in the academic complexes include three banks, a bookstore, a supermarket, clinics (consisting of a medical clinic providing free outpatient service to all full-time students and staff, a student dental clinic, and a staff dental clinic) and Students' Union offices.

According to Global University Employability Ranking 2017, the University's graduates have the highest employment rate among universities in Greater China for 5 years in a row, ranked 12th worldwide.[34] Besides overall rankings, a list of subject rankings of Hong Kong tertiary institutions is available to show the strength of its individual disciplines ranked by the above organisations.

Academic organisation

The overall academic organisation structure is as follows:

School of Science (SSCI)

School of Engineering (SENG)

School of Business and Management (SBM)

School of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS)

Interdisciplinary Programs Office (IPO)

Dean of Students

Division of Life Science

Department of Chemistry

Department of Mathematics

Department of Physics

Department of Ocean Science

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Department of Accounting

Department of Economics

Department of Finance

Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Department of Marketing

Department of Management

Division of Humanities

Division of Social Science

Centre for Language Education

Division of Environment and Sustainability

Division of Public Policy

Dual Degree Program Office

Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program Office

Office of Undergraduate Recruitment and Admission

Student Affairs Office

School of Science

Within the School of Science are the Division of Life Science, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Mathematics and the Department Physics.[35] The School of Science emphasises the whole-person development and international exposure of students. Its undergraduate exchange program provides science students with international learning opportunities throughout their studies. The School has teamed up with over 60 exchange partners[36] from regions including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mainland China, and Japan.

School of Engineering

The School of Engineering (SENG)[37] is the largest of the 6 Schools within HKUST. It has 6 departments: Chemical and Biological Engineering,[38] Civil and Environmental Engineering,[39] Computer Science and Engineering,[40] Electronic and Computer Engineering,[41] Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management,[42] and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.[43] It is the only education provider on chemical engineering in Hong Kong. The School provides more than 40 degree programs at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

In 2018, Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Engineering and Technology[44] placed HKUST Engineering No.18 globally, the best ever position achieved by any local university since the establishment of this league table in 2010. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 - Engineering and Technology[45] ranked HKUST No.15 globally which made SENG No. 1 in Hong Kong for seven consecutive years. SENG has over 100 exchange partner universities[46] in 26 countries/regions in the world.

Centre for Global & Community Engagement

The Centre for Global & Community Engagement[47] (GCE) is established as co-curricular program under the School of Engineering,[48] engaging students to make contributions to the community and to broaden their international exposure. GCE supports individuals and student teams such as the HKUST Robotics Team[49] to participate in international competitions.

School of Business and Management

HKUST's School of Business and Management (SBM) is branded the HKUST Business School.[50] Its Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program has been ranked the world’s No.1 eight times (2007, 2009-2013, 2016-2017) by the Financial Times, while its full-time MBA program has been ranked the world’s Top 15 eight times. The School has been awarded AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation since 1999.

There are over 140 faculty personnel. The School offers degree programs– undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, MSc and PhD – and a range of executive education. 12 research centres[51] are assigned to areas from business case studies and investing to Asian Financial Markets and China Business & Management. The School is also placed to leverage its international and regional knowledge base as Asia rises in significance in the global economy. A new purpose-built campus is in place to enable the School to develop further.

Interdisciplinary Programs Office

The interdisciplinary programs bring together two or more different fields of study, offering a great opportunity for students with more than one interest to integrate their abilities. Programs are referenced to Hong Kong’s needs and global trends to ensure relevance, with strong input from business and industry to keep training and skills in line with market demand.[53] Research projects in partnership with industry and the community are encouraged through the Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management and Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program to allow full engagement of the students with the community.[54]

Research Institutes and Centres

On 25 January 2007, the HKUST officially named its graduate school in Nansha as HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School/ HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute[55] in a ceremony that combined the official opening of the graduate school and the ground-breaking of its Nansha campus.

HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study

The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)[56] at HKUST champions collaborative projects across disciplines and institutions. It forges relationships with academic, business, community, and government leaders. The inaugural lecture of the IAS organised was given by the noted physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking in June 2006.

Student life

Student body

As of December 2016, HKUST enrolled 9,334 undergraduates and 4,874 postgraduates, with over a third of the total enrollment being non-local (not holding Hong Kong citizenship). In terms of student population, the School of Engineering is the largest among the university's four schools, hosting 35% and 43% of HKUST's undergraduates and postgraduates respectively; this was followed by the schools of Business and Management (35%/30%), Science (22%/18%), and Humanities and Social Science (2%/5%).[57]

A total of 2,430 local students were admitted to undergraduate programs offered by the university in 2015/16.[58] The university saw the graduation of 2,203 undergraduate students, 461 research postgraduates and 1,913 taught postgraduates in the same academic year, amounting to a total of 4,577 degrees being conferred.[59]

Students' residence

Undergraduate Hall VIII of HKUST

All full-time registered UG students and in-time[note 1] full-time HKUST research postgraduate students (RPgs) of the University are eligible to apply for student housing. Under the current policy, all local UG students are guaranteed at least one semester of hall residence in their first year of study upon application, whilst their non-local counterparts are provided at least two years of residency.[60]

The nine on-campus undergraduate halls provide a total of 146 bed places in single rooms, 3,094 in double rooms (twin + bunk) and 792 in triple rooms. Another 512 bed spaces in double rooms at the off-campus HKUST Jockey Club Hall in Tseung Kwan O New Town are also provided for undergraduates. For research postgraduates students and visiting interns, 1080 on-campus residential places in single or double rooms are available.

No House SA formed, events organised by the Organizing Team formed by student residents [64]

opened in 2013

UG Hall IX學生宿舍九座

Jockey Club Hall賽馬會大樓

First off-campus hall of HKUST

opened in 2016

There are also off-campus accommodations available. 15 apartments in Tai Po Tsai Village (TPT308 and Wan's Lodge) and 6 apartments in Sam Long Village (SL Apartments) are rented by the University to accommodate 126 TPgs.

On 27 April 2012, research postgraduate students organised a sit-down strike to raise the voice of the voiceless and reiterate the concerns of the research postgraduate students about the serious housing issue.[65]

Students' union

Formed in 1992, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Students' Union (HKUSTSU) is an organisation independent from but recognised by the university administration.[66] The union is governed by four independent statutory bodies, namely the executive committee, the council, the editorial board and the court. All undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible for membership in the union, although this is not compulsory.

The students' union oversees over 100 affiliated societies catering to students engaged in different academic disciplines, residential halls, sports and interests.

Notes

^Definition for in-time RPgs:- 2 years for MPhil;- 3 years for PhDs who have obtained an MPhil degree;- 4 years for PhDs who do not have an MPhil degree before joining the program.RPgs who will be studying beyond the above period in the academic year are regarded as out-time RPg

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The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 50 leading research universities in 17 economies of the Pacific Rim. Formed in 1997, APRU fosters collaboration between member universities, researchers, and policymakers contributing to economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim. It is located in the IAS building at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong.

Ben Chan Han-pan (Chinese: 陳恒鑌; born 1975) is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council (Geographical constituency New Territories West) and Tsuen Wan District Council (Yeung Uk Road). He is a member of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, a pro-establishment party in Hong Kong. He is an engineer and graduated from Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science of Material Science and Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Paul Chu, JP (traditional Chinese: 朱經武; simplified Chinese: 朱经武; pinyin: Zhū Jīngwǔ; Wade–Giles: Chu Ching-Wu; born February 12, 1941) is a Chinese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics. He is a Professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987, he was one of the first scientists to demonstrate high-temperature superconductivity.

The Business School at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) was established in 1991 in Hong Kong. It offers undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, MSc, PhD, and executive education programs. It has six academic departments: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, and Information System, Business Statistics, and Operations Management (ISOM). The School is one of the first Asian business schools accredited by both the US-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Students' Union (HKUSTSU; Chinese: 香港科技大學學生會) is the students' union at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

The union is an organisation registered with the Hong Kong Police Force under the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151 of the Laws of Hong Kong), independent from the University but officially recognised by the university administration, other organisations include the Student Ambassador and HKUST International Students Association

Ceajer Chan Ka-keung (Traditional Chinese: 陳家強) GBS JP (born 1957), also referred to as KC Chan, is the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the Government of Hong Kong. He is also the ex officio chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, and an ex officio member of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks board of directors.

Air-Conditioned New Territories Route No. 91M is a Hong Kong bus route operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, plying between Diamond Hill Station in New Kowloon and Po Lam in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, via Clear Water Bay Road and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

To cater the demand of HKUST passengers, short-working trips by the number of 91P are provided on weekdays (except HKUST student holidays), during the morning peak from Diamond Hill to HKUST (North), and PM peak from HKUST (South) to Choi Hung Station.

Koni Lui (呂慧儀) (born 3 September 1982 in Hong Kong) also known as Koni Lui Wai Yee is a model and 2nd runner up at the Miss Hong Kong 2006 pageant. She represented Hong Kong at Miss International 2006 in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China. She received two awards, Most Beautiful Smile and the Miss Friendship award. She won four Miss Friendship titles (1981, 2002, 2004, and 2005). With her win, Hong Kong is tied with Japan as the only nations at Miss International to win more than four Miss Friendships and at any international pageant.

Prior to Miss Hong Kong 2006, Koni Lui had also competed in the 2001 Elite Look of the Year HK contest, finishing 2nd and winning the Photogenic prize (Miss Hong Kong 2005 Tracy Ip was in the competition too but failed to win anything).

Lui played a pregnant woman who had a miscarriage in the horror film Womb Ghosts that was released on March 18, 2010.

Li Jianshu (simplified Chinese: 励建书; traditional Chinese: 勵建書; born 1959), also known as Jian-Shu Li, is a Chinese mathematician. He is the current Chair and professor of the Department of Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Nancy Ip (simplified Chinese: 叶玉如; traditional Chinese: 葉玉如; pinyin: Yè Yùrú; born 30 July 1955) is a Hong Kong neuroscientist. She is currently the Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Shiu-Yuen Cheng (鄭紹遠) is a Hong Kong mathematician. He is currently the Chair Professor of Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Cheng received his Ph.D., under the supervision of Shiing-Shen Chern, from University of California at Berkeley. Cheng then spent some years as a post-doctoral fellow and assistant professor at Princeton University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Then he became a full professor at University of California at Los Angeles. Cheng chaired the Mathematics departments of both the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the 1990s. In 2004, he became the Dean of Science at HKUST. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.His research interests include differential geometry, geometric partial differential equations and game theory. His mathematical contributions include comparison theorems of Laplacian eigenvalues on Riemannian manifolds and the maximal diameter theorem in Riemannian geometry.

Starry Lee Wai-king, SBS, JP (Chinese: 李慧琼, born 13 March 1974 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong politician, chairperson of the largest pro-establishment Beijing-loyalist party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). She is a Legislative Councillor for the District Council (Second) functional constituency and a Kowloon City District Councillor. From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Executive Council.

Tony Fan-Cheong Chan (Chinese: 陳繁昌) is a Chinese American mathematician born in Hong Kong . He has been the current President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology since 1 September 2018 . Before that, he was the President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2018 .

In June 2017, Chan announced his early resignation in September 2018 from HKUST .

In January 2018, Chan's transfer of power to Dr. Wei Shyy as the acting president was announced by HKUST. On 31 August 2018, he formally left his position as the president and ended his nine years of service at the university.

Utpal Bhattacharya is a finance professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is known for his research on market integrity, especially on insider trading.

In 2000, his research paper "When an Event is Not an Event" uncovered the rampant insider trading on Mexican stock markets. This led to many questions about the value and the enforceability of insider trading laws. Later, in "The World Price of Insider Trading" he discovered the fact that insider trading laws in themselves are not effective - they only start being effective once there is credible enforcement. Additionally he could "put a price on honesty", i.e. quantify the advantage of insider trading laws and the price of "window dressing" of company earnings.

As of May 2015, he is a Professor of Finance in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Before his time at HKUST, Bhattacharya has been teaching at Columbia University, University of Iowa and Indiana University. He teaches in a different country every summer. He has taught at top universities in Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Holland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey and the USA (Duke University, MIT and University of Chicago Booth School of Business).

He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1980, an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1990.

Wei Shyy (Chinese: 史維) is serving as the 4th President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) since 1 September 2018 with his acting presidency starting from 1 February 2018. He also holds concurrent appointment as Chair Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He first joined HKUST in August 2010 as Provost. Prior to this, he was Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Collegiate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Michigan. He was previously employed by the University of Florida and GE Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. On 1 September 2018, he officially succeeded the Chinese American mathematician, Tony F. Chan, as the president of HKUST.

Chia-Wei Woo (traditional Chinese: 吳家瑋; simplified Chinese: 吴家玮; pinyin: Wú Jiāwěi), , was the Founding President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, including a top ranked Business School, known as the HKUST Business School. The school's MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs have been consistently ranked as Asia's top programs, and in the World Top 50 MBA programs by the Financial Times of London. Woo retired in 2001 after 13 years of service and remains President Emeritus as well as University Professor Emeritus.

Zhang Mingjie (Chinese: 张明杰), born in Ningbo, is a Chinese structural biologist. He is Kerry Holdings Professor of Science and the Chair Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He was an overseas assessor of the Chinese Academy of Science. His research is focusing on molecular mechanisms of organization and regulation of neuronal signaling complexes and machineries in controlling cell polarity by using protein crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. In 2006, his structural and biochemical studies in signal transduction complex organization was rewarded for the State Natural Science Award (Second Prize), which is one of the most important national awards of science in China.

The names of the institutions are listed in accordance to the allocation of JUPAS codes of undergraduate programmes for University Grants Committee-funded and Self-financing Programmes,and in alphabetical order for Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP) Programmes.

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